Tonight a small lover league team took on Manchester United in the League Cap in England. As expected Aldershot were well beaten, but that is only part of the story. Aldershot was the first club I followed closely, I went to a lot of games with Pete, a neighbour of my parents.
Aldershot is quite the story, they went bankrupt, “saved” by a 19 year old who went to prison for some dodgy tax stuff, went bankrupt again and then became the first professional league club to go under since Accrington Stanley in 1966.
Tonight was described by some as “the biggest game in the clubs history”, not sure about that, but the climb back through the leagues back to professional football. . It’s not about the money, it;a about what a club can mean to a community and what is great about sport.
Paul Fletchers blog tells the story very nicely.
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Dave, great to see a mention of Aldershot and the biggest game in the clubs history.
Come on you Shots
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Lower division football is underserved, thanks for bringing a little light to it. I look forward to reading more.
I truly enjoy this article 100%, I do we do hope you will blog even more about lover division futbal in England.
Did you notice the Aldershot – Wednesday FA cup second round game is being shown of FSN Saturday evening? It’s not often we get to see lower league teams, enjoy the game.